Supporting device



(No Model.)

F. H. CHA'MBERLIN.

SUPPURTING DEVICE.

No.559,56'7. Patented May 5, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. CI-IAMBERLIN,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SUPPORTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent N o. 559,567, dated May 5,1896. Application filed July 8, 1895. Serial No. 555,243. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, FRANK H. CHAMRERLIN, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Supporting Devices; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in supporting devices, moreespecially designed for holding a card, photograph, picture, or othersmall object upon a Wall; and it consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l exhibits a front view of asupporting device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a back view of thesame; and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Figs. l and 2, looking in thedirection ofthe arrow. 1

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the body portion of a preferredconstruction of device embodying my invention, said body portion ,uponits rear side, and centrally thereof, being provided with arearwardly-projecting point 6 for the purpose of attaching the device toa wall, and the body portion, upon its forward side, is provided with atongue or sti member 7, projecting from the edge of the device andprojecting inwardly over and arranged radially of the front side of thedevice. Member 7 possesses sufficient elasticity or springiness torender it capable of pressing against the body portion of the device anarticle inserted between said member 7 and the forward side of the bodyportion of the device. y

The body portion of the device is preferably made of two pieces of sheetmetal, one, 8, of which pieces is arranged at the rear of the other, andpoint 6 is formed upon the rearward piece. Member 7 is formed upon theforward piece 9, and the latter is provided with any suitable number ofarms 10, projecting from the edge of piece 9 at diiferent points,respectively, andI bent over the edge of and clenched upon the back sideof the point-bearing piece.

What I claim is- A supporting device of the character indicated,comprising two pieces of sheet metal 8 and 9 arranged the one 8 at therear of the other, the rearward piece being provided with arearwardly-proj ecting point and the forward piece being provided withmeans instrue mental in supporting the article to be held or supportedand being provided with any suitable'number of arms l0 projecting fromthe edge of the piece and bent over the edge and clenched upon the backside of the pointbearing piece, substantially as shown, for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses,.this 3d day of July, 1895.

FRANK H. CHAMBERLIN. lVitnesses:

C. H. DoRER, L. WARD HOOVER.

